A pledge by prison leaders in Northern Ireland to hire 75 extra prison officers to meet rising demand has been eclipsed by ...

The Irish Prison Service has spent more than €114,000 over the past three years on an empty site bought more than 20 years ...

The rise in disorder comes after a prison officer in Mountjoy was slashed across the face by a prisoner on February 1 ...

Bills for the site continue to mount, with the Irish Prison Service spending around €40,000 a year on its upkeep.

THE prison officer slashed in the face after an attack in Mountjoy Prison has undergone plastic surgery. It’s understood he’s ...

So is it time to ramp up efforts to find an alternative to prison, particularly for those who are sentenced to a year or less ...

A prison officer has been hospitalised after being slashed in the face by a violent inmate in Mountjoy jail. The suspect for ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS)’s long-awaited policy guidance on the appropriate housing of trans inmates has been delayed further, as officials struggle to identify a suitable model. Despite two ...

The number of inmates grew by 1,184 in the five weeks from December 30 and February 3, according to analysis by the PA news ...